Tag: Temple Mount
Stabbing thwarted in Jerusalem’s Old City; terrorist neutralized
Israeli security forces thwarted a terror attack in Jerusalem’s Old City on Thursday morning, according to the Israel Police.
A 30-year-old woman approached police officers stationed near the Temple Mount’s Chain Gate and attempted to...
Western Wall authority begins work on at-risk Mughrabi Bridge
Renovation work on the Mughrabi Bridge at the Western Wall in Jerusalem’s Old City began on Sunday, according to the Western Wall Heritage Foundation, which is responsible for the site. The temporary construction has...
Why is support for ‘freedom of worship for Jews’ on the Temple Mount so...
Maybe it was just the product of the ongoing civil war between the different political parties on the Israeli right. Or maybe it was just time that an Israeli prime minister said something that,...
Bennett, Arab lawmakers spar over Temple Mount access
Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and the Arab Ra’am Party clashed on Sunday after Jews were allowed to sing and pray in certain parts of Temple Mount during Tisha B’Av, on which Jews mourn...
Is Israel’s Mughrabi Bridge falling down?
It’s a beautiful morning in Jerusalem’s Old City. Thirty foreign tourists wait on the Mughrabi Bridge to enter the Temple Mount. Eighteen worshippers, who have come to the Western Wall to pray, stand underneath...
Palestinian premier: No proof Jewish Temple ever existed on Temple Mount
The years of archaeological excavations Israel has conducted on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem’s Old City have yielded no proof that a Jewish Temple ever existed in the city, Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Mohammad...
Blinken to Abbas: US to reopen Jerusalem consulate and provide economic aid to Palestinians
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas on Tuesday in Ramallah, where he promised him the that United States would reopen the Jerusalem consulate for the Palestinians.
“As I...
Temple Mount reopens to Jewish visitors after 19 days
After 19 days during which Jews were banned from visiting the Temple Mount due to Muslim unrest in Jerusalem, a group of 20 Jewish visitors was allowed on Sunday morning into the compound.
On Friday,...
Pro-Hamas signs appear on Temple Mount as thousands arrive for Eid prayers
Giant pro-Hamas signs and posters greeted the thousands of Muslim worshippers that arrived at the Temple Mount in Jerusalem’s Old City on Thursday morning for Eid al-Fitr prayers.
The posters bore images of Hamas leaders...
Anatomy of an intentional escalation: Israel’s approaching hot summer
There seems to be an escalatory effort underway within Israel, in the administered territories in Judea and Samaria, along Israel’s northern and Gaza borders and even globally, which could lead to great tension, even...